"You're Fired!"

"Getting fired is nature's way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place." Hal Lancaster, in The Wall Street Journal

I've never really gotten fired before. That's not really the correct term. I was "replaced". It's like the Brits saying "made redundant".

The fact is I was supposed to start teaching an online class last Tuesday, couldn't get logged onto the ANGEL platform, support techs didn't return my phone calls requesting help and then everything went to hell in a handbasket with my in the hospital and my grandmother, etc.

Or course, no tech support is available over the weekend so I had to wait until this morning. I made several calls and left messages and several hours later the Director of Distance Learning called to tell me I was no longer "on" that course.

"Well," she said, "there was nothing loaded in that module."

Duh. Yeah. That's because I couldn't log in to load it. Nor could I access my email. On top of that, the ANGEL system wasn't recognizing ANY of my email addresses which would have allowed me to change my password and gain access.

It's a blessing. Really.

Ok, so there's the absolutely no money coming in issue, but really, I didn't have time to devote to teaching this class. I'll be lucky if I can get all my work done for the classes I'm' taking.

(I got an extension for the paper that was due today. Interestingly enough I didn't see anyone else handing anything in...nor did she mention that it was due. Did everyone else just send it to her via email? Hmmm...)

Tomorrow: meet with Insurance Adjuster regarding fender bender from August (I need to give a recorded statement. Oy.), chiro, then home again, home again, to bang out the two papers that are due on Wednesday.

Losing last week really hurt me in terms of getting all my homework done. I sound like a seventh grader - "homework".

It's bedtime. I've got a busy day tomorrow. Oh, yeah, and I also have to apply for unemployment. We'll see if they deny me this time. I'm sure they will but this one I will definitely appeal.